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I didn't fully realize it at the time, but the goal of my life was profoundly molded by this experie...

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I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is no death the way we understood it. The body dies, bu...

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Religious patients seemed to differ little from those without a religion.

On Death and Dying

Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond...

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Our concern must be to live while we're alive ... to release our inner selves from the spiritual dea...

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Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself and know that everything in life has a purpose.

Denial helps us to pace our feelings of grief. There is a grace in denial. It is nature's way of let...

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People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the da...

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Live, so you do not have to look back and say: 'God, how I have wasted my life.'

It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth - and that we have ...

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People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out but when the dark...

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Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star one of a million lights in a...

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Mankind's greatest gift... is that we have free choice.

There are no mistakes no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from.

I believe we are solely responsible for our choices and we have to accept the consequences of every...

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It is not the end of the physical body that should worry us. Rather, our concern must be to live whi...

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We need to teach the next generation of children from day one that they are responsible for their li...

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I say to people who care for people who are dying, if you really love that person and want to help t...

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Those who learned to know death, rather than to fear and fight it, become our teachers about life.

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of ...

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I was destined to work with dying patients. I had no choice when I encountered my first AIDS patient...

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It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that ...

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I've told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated....

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To love means not to impose your own powers on your fellow man but offer him your help. And if he re...

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It is important to feel the anger without judging it, without attempting to find meaning in it. It m...

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We need to teach the next generation of children from day one that they are responsible for their li...

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Learning lessons is a little like reaching maturity. You're not suddenly more happy, wealthy, or pow...

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Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose...

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For years, I have been stalked by a bad reputation. Actually, I have been pursued by people who have...

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Consciously or not, we are all on a quest for answers, trying to learn the lessons of life. We grapp...

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The five stages - denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance - are a part of the framewor...

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When I came to this country in 1958, to be a dying patient in a medical hospital was a nightmare. Yo...

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I think that modern medicine has become like a prophet offering a life free of pain. It is nonsense....

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The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known stru...

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Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvi...

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The beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle,...

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People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the dark...

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The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others bu...

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All events are blessings given to us to learn from.

The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.

On Life After Death

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Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Psychiatrist

Born: 1926-07-08

Died: 2004-08-24

Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross M.D. (8 July 1926 – 24 August 2004) was a psychiatrist, and a pioneer of near-death studies.More